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RAIA: United Boys of Ambaulim scrapped past Navelim Sporting Club 5-4 via tie-breaker to emerge champions in the Anil Kamat inter-village football tournament organised by Enfermos SC of Navelim at the Our Lady of Hope Church ground, Chinchinim, on Sunday.
Navelim Sporting Club netted the first goal of the match through Ronaldo Oliveira in the very 4th minute of the match. United Club of Ambaulim had a chance to equalise but Alex Fernandes failed to grab the opportunity of scoring. In the second session, Jeswan Fernandes equalised for United Club of with a glancing header in the 46th minute.
As the match ended in 1-1 draw, tie-breaker was applied in which Sowell Fernandes, Bradley Carvalho, Savlon Fernandes and Jesvan Fernandes shoot at the target for United Club of Ambaulim, while Venito Costa, Joyson Coutinho and Aden Pereira netted for Navelim Sporting Club.
Dronacharya Awardee Armando Colaco was the chief guest and handed over the prizes to the winners and runners-up in the presence of guest of honour former fisheries minister and AWES President Avertano Furtado, Vicar of Chinchinim Church Fr Alex D'Souza,
Fr Ermito Coutinho, Fr Alex D’Souza, Somnath Kamat, Diksha Vashisht, Chinchinim Sarpanch Frank Viegas, former All India Football Federation General Secretary Albert Colaco, Goa Football Association Executive Members, deputy sarpanch and panchas of Chinchinim Village Panchayat.